diff --git a/linkml_solr/cli.py b/linkml_solr/cli.py
index afd3ba2..475558b 100644
--- a/linkml_solr/cli.py
+++ b/linkml_solr/cli.py
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ def main(verbose: int, quiet: bool):
 @click.option('--url', '-u',
               default=DEFAULT_SOLR_URL,
               help='solr url.')
+@click.option('--processor', '-p',
+              help='Processor argument to pass when bulk loading to Solr')
 @click.argument('files', nargs=-1)
-def bulkload(files, format, schema, url, core):
+def bulkload(files, format, schema, url, core, processor=None):
     """
     Convert multiple golr yaml schemas to linkml
     """
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ def bulkload(files, format, schema, url, core):
         with open(schema) as stream:
             schema_obj = yaml_loader.load(stream, target_class=SchemaDefinition)
     for f in files:
-        bulkload_file(f, format=format, schema=schema_obj, core=core, base_url=url)
+        bulkload_file(f, format=format, schema=schema_obj, core=core, base_url=url, processor=processor)
 
 @main.command()
 @click.option('--schema', '-s',
diff --git a/linkml_solr/utils/solr_bulkload.py b/linkml_solr/utils/solr_bulkload.py
index b4b375a..8a087ff 100644
--- a/linkml_solr/utils/solr_bulkload.py
+++ b/linkml_solr/utils/solr_bulkload.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ def bulkload_file(f,
                   base_url=None,
                   core=None,
                   schema: SchemaDefinition = None,
+                  processor: str = None,
                   ):
     """
     Bulkload a file using solr bulkload API
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ def bulkload_file(f,
     :param base_url:
     :param core:
     :param schema:
+    :param processor: Processor argument to pass when bulk loading to Solr
     :return:
     """
     mvslots = _get_multivalued_slots(schema)
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ def bulkload_file(f,
     internal_separator = '%7C'
     parts = [f'f.{s}.split=true&f.{s}.separator={internal_separator}' for s in mvslots]
     url = f'{base_url}/{core}/update?{"&".join(parts)}&commit=true&separator={separator}'
+    if (processor is not None):
+        url = f'{url}&processor={processor}'
     if format == 'csv':
         ct = 'application/csv'
     elif format == 'json':